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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
JUNE/JULY 2013 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: NSS407
COURSE TITLE: Research Methods
TIME ALLOWED: 3 hours
INSTRUCTION: Read the stem of the questions carefully and answer any 5 of the questions.
- Nursing research is a process of finding out the solution to a problem
- What is research? (5 marks)
- List the 4 types of research (2 marks)
- Describe the the characteristics of the scientific methods (8 marks)
- Differentiate between experimental and non-experimental research. (5 marks)
- a. Define the term “scientific method”? (4 marks)
b. Differentiate between problem solving and research (15 marks)
c. List 6 sources of research problems. (6 marks)
3a. Define population and sample. (4 marks)
b. Enumerate the major types of sampling. (4 marks)
c. Describe the three scientific and three non scientific sampling methods (12 marks)
4. a. What is a research report? (2 marks)
b. Highlight the parts of a research report (4 marks)
c. List the guidelines for critiquing research reports (10 marks)
d. State two main differences between limitation and delimitation of study (4 marks)
5. a. Describe the concept of ethics in nursing research. (5 marks)
b. List the 3 ethical principles in research with human subjects. (3 marks)
c. Explain how the rights of subjects could be protected in research. (12 marks)
